Foodservice Equipment Reports Magazine

Starting on June 26, FEDA will kick off a webinar series called Critical Skills for Front-Line Leaders in Distribution. Will Quinn, a distribution consultant and business author who has managed high-impact distribution networks at Grainger, Coca-Cola and Infor, will lead the four-part series. Topics for each 90-minute session, all starting at 10:30 a.m. CST, include the follo...

Unox has added Jermaine Richardson as regional sales manager for the South Central and Rocky Mountain regions. He’ll support customers, dealers, consultants and distribution partners across Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Richardson brings more than 18 years of foodservice experience to Unox, including 13 years in commercial food...

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream has signed its first multiunit agreement in Illinois and the Chicagoland area, with the first location set to open in late 2027. The new parlors will be developed in the Chicago suburbs of Elgin, Geneva/St. Charles and Algonquin under franchisee Castro Rafeedie. Rafeedie grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, where Handel’s was founded in 1945, and owned a p...

TurboChef Technologies and CookTek have appointed Juan David Higuera as business development manager and corporate chef to support the brands’ growth initiatives across LATAM, Mexico and the Caribbean. Higuera will work to drive strategic growth within chain accounts, the general market and distributor channels throughout the region. Working closely with in-country distributo...

Chris Hartford, Eastern regional sales manager at Wood Stone Corp. since 2022, has been named Wood Stone’s director of sales. In the role, Hartford will lead Wood Stone’s sales organization and oversee its rep network, customer engagement and revenue growth initiatives. He will work closely with Guy Johnston, director of sales development, in leading strategic growth initiati...